Protecting the environment
Name 3 daily activities to reduce your carbon footprint
Reducing water to flush the toilet, brush your teeth, shower or wash your hands.
Commuting or taking public transit
Reducing use of appliances (i.e., refrigerator, dishwasher, air conditioner etc)
These types of events in nature are often associated with loss—loss of life, livelihood, and property. These events are highly stressful and affect the emotional health of survivors as well as that of the health professionals who care for victims. They oten force people to evacuate their homes or remain on alert for longer periods of time.
Environmental Events
Allow people to make up for creating carbon dioxide emissions. For example, if you need to travel by air and are concerned about the greenhouse gases created by your travel, you can purchase. The money raised by their sale is used to reduce greenhouse gases
For example, it may go to the cost of planting trees, which absorb carbon dioxide. The money may also go toward installing wind turbines, which create energy without emitting greenhouse gases.
Carbon offsets
This environmental event can damage water and sewage systems. When these systems fail, disease spreads through contaminated water that is not treated properly. may be the result of rising sea levels due to global warming, extreme weather events such as hurricanes, or it may be caused by a tsunami.
Flooding
This environmental event can result in loss of power or electricity. This alone is not a problem, but when elderly or sick people rely on equipment such as electric-powered ventilators to keep them breathing, their health is in obvious danger.
In some areas, a loss of power can affect the quality of tap water. Some small water treatment plants have a time lag between when the power goes out and when their backup power generators turn on. During this period, the water treatment plant is not operating effectively. This can result in contaminated water that spreads disease.
Thunderstorms
This environmental event occurs when everything becomes very dry, which can cause forest fires can start more easily. Forest fires release large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and can cause respiratory problems. More direct effects of fire can be power outages, as well as burns and breathing problems associated with smoke inhalation.
Drought
----------- can increase the risk of getting heat stroke, which is associated with nausea, dizziness, and dehydration. It affects air quality as heat triggers some gases to go through chemical changes, producing harmful chemicals and pollutants that are released to the air affecting the -------- system
Heat waves